Ad Size and Ad unit id must be set before loadAd is called

Question

I have this in my main xml file:

Answer 1

This is going to be vague as you have not stated what type of view your XML file is (Relative, Linear etc.)

In my application with a scrollable relative layout I have included:

Now inside my actual class that I wan't the ad I have included:

private AdView adView;

/* Your ad unit id. Replace with your actual ad unit id. */
private static final String AD_UNIT_ID = "ca-app-pub-xxxxxx/yyyyyy";

/**
 * Simply loads the xml about page layout to display the text.
 */

public void onCreate(Bundle start) {
    super.onCreate(start);
    setContentView(R.layout.about);

    final TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) getBaseContext()
            .getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);

    //String deviceid = tm.getDeviceId();

    adView = new AdView(this);
    adView.setAdSize(AdSize.SMART_BANNER);
    adView.setAdUnitId(AD_UNIT_ID);

    // Add the AdView to the view hierarchy. The view will have no size
    // until the ad is loaded.
    RelativeLayout layout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.test);
    layout.addView(adView);

    // Create an ad request. Check logcat output for the hashed device ID to
    // get test ads on a physical device.
    AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
    .build();
            //.addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR)
            //.addTestDevice(deviceid).build();

    // Start loading the ad in the background.
    adView.loadAd(adRequest);
}

Now ideally you want to use a smart banner to optimise your layout for all devices, as I have above, this is standard now.

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